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Cyperus iiiMLTiFLOKUs Piesl, Rel. Haenk. 1: 351, non Nees. G. micranthus 
Presl, 1. c. 178. 0. hreviflorus Bietr. Sp. PI. 2: 310. G. multiflorus Kunth, 
Enum. 2: 562 (err. typogr.) 
Luzon, fidu Prcsl. 
Cyperus Piiilippensis Presl Eel. Haenk. 1 : 174. 
Luzon, fide Prcsl. 
Cyperus spicatus Presl, Pel. llnonk. 1 : 173. 
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Luzon et Mexico, fide Presl. 
According to Fenzl^ this species must be near Gyperus rudiatus Valil, and G, 
elattts Linn. 
5. MARISCUS Valil. 
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As Cyperus, but spikelets in fruit dccifluous. Style 3-fid. 
Sect. I. Stem at base apparently thickened hy the inflalcd scariosc-colorate 
basal leaf sheaths. 
1. Mariscus Merrillii C. B. Clarke, sp. nova. 
Culmo 4 ad 7 cm. loiigo, 1-cephalo; foliis culmo lungioribus, basi 
inflatis, scarioso-coloratis; capitc 10 ad 12 mm. in diam., globoso, spioulis 
densissimo; spiculis maturitis oblongo-linearibus, 4 ad S-floris^ sub-2- 
nucigeris; glumis lanceolato-elongatis^ striatis; nuce anguste oblongo, 
sublineari, trigono, nigro; stylo 3-fido. 
Luzon, Province of Cavite, Maragondong (4170 Merrill). 
Species M. Dregeano Kunth, affinis et similis, ab spiculas nuces angnstas 
diversa. Spiculae iis M. flalclliformis Kunth, niiigis simile videntur. 
Sect. II. Leaf sheaths herbaceous; spikelets ripening 1 to 3 nuts. 
2. Mariscus cyperinus Vahl Enum. 2 (1806) 377. 
Umbel simple, rays short; spikes cylindric, dense, with subercct 2- 
flowered spikelets. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 621; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. 36 (1903) 220; 
Merrill iu Philip. Journ. Sci. 1 (1906) Suppl. 1: 30. Mariscus umbellatus 
Moritzi ! Verz. Zoll. Pfl. 98, vix Vahl. M. Sundaicus Miq. ! Fl. Nedorl. Tnd. 3: 
289. Kyllingia cyperina Retz. Obs. 6: 21. Cyperus Manilensia Buick. ! in Enghr 
Jahrb. 5 (1884) 501. 
Philippines, (Moseley). Luzon, Manila, (1871 Wichura) ; (766 Jagor) ; 
(780, 781, 789, 790 Lohcr) ; (3311 Ahem's collector) ; (464, 456 Topping) ; (485 
(in part) Whitford) ; {^7 5 Elmer). 
Southeaatern Asia, from Ceylon to Petropaulovski and Otalieiti, frequent. 
3. Mariscus tenuifolius Xees iu Mart. Fl. Brasil. 2^ (1843) 46. 
Stolons slender; umbel simple, small, spikes loose; spikelets slender, 
usually maturing two nuts. 
Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 6: 622; Schrader ms. Gyperus umbcllalus var. laxata 
C. B. Clarke in Journ. Liiui. Soc. 21 (1884) 201. 
Luzon, Aravat, (782 Loher). Mindanao, (617 Gopeland). 
India from Behar to Ceylon and to Malacca; a very rare plant in herbaria. 
^De7ikschr. Acad. Wissen. Wien. 8 (1855) 47. 
